Chapter 18 Quiz

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Across
  1. 2. certain government benefits entilted to certain individuals by law
  2. 4. a tax in which the government takes more income from the wealthy
  3. 6. the "bank account" into Social Security contributions are deposited and used to pay recipients
  4. 7. a negative income tax that provide income to very poor individuals
  5. 8. paymets given by government to those such a social security and retirement plans
  6. 9. welfare reform law of 1996
  7. 11. increasing concentration of property among women
  8. 13. a tax that falls more heavily on low income groups
  9. 14. shares of the national income of many groups
  10. 16. policies that provide benefits to individual through testing or entitlements
Down
  1. 1. name of public assistance for families in need
  2. 3. a method used to count the number of impoverished
  3. 5. programs available only to those with very specific needs
  4. 10. a tax in which the governments takes income equally from all taxpayers
  5. 12. amount of funds collected between to points in time
  6. 15. value of assets owned